Vista wirelss networking no work, wired networking works

I have a laptop with Vista home premium on it that I am trying to connect to
a network. I can connect and see all the other computers on the network if I
am wired to the network but if I go wireless all I can do is surf the web.
What do I need to do to be able to see the other computers useing the
wireless feature? The other computers are XP and yes I am on the same
workgroup. Everything works fine if i'm wired in but not if i go wireless.

Make sure the wireless connection setup as private. This ink may help,

Vista Network typeThe behavior of the Public Location Type. If you computer is directly connected to the Internet and you select the Public location type, the following ...
http://www.howtonetworking.com/vista/networktype.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"chalmers" <chalmers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news2671972-B69F-42F5-BB12-B47664DF6AF1@microsoft.com...
I have a laptop with Vista home premium on it that I am trying to connect to
a network. I can connect and see all the other computers on the network if I
am wired to the network but if I go wireless all I can do is surf the web.
What do I need to do to be able to see the other computers useing the
wireless feature? The other computers are XP and yes I am on the same
workgroup. Everything works fine if i'm wired in but not if i go wireless.